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1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes season
NHL hockey team season
NHL hockey team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1998–99 |
| year | 1998 |
| Team | Phoenix Coyotes |
| Record | 39–31–12 |
| HomeRecord | 23–13–5 |
| RoadRecord | 16–18–7 |
| Conference | Western |
| ConferenceRank | 4th |
| Division | Pacific |
| DivisionRank | 2nd |
| GoalsFor | 205 |
| GoalsAgainst | 197 |
| GeneralManager | Bobby Smith |
| Coach | Jim Schoenfeld |
| Captain | Keith Tkachuk |
| Arena | America West Arena |
| Attendance | 15,547 |
| MinorLeague | Springfield Falcons |
| Las Vegas Thunder | |
| Mississippi Sea Wolves | |
| GoalsLeader | Keith Tkachuk (36) |
| AssistsLeader | Jeremy Roenick (48) |
| PointsLeader | Jeremy Roenick (72) |
| PIMLeader | Jim Cummins (190) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Keith Tkachuk (+22) |
| WinsLeader | Nikolai Khabibulin (32) |
| GAALeader | Nikolai Khabibulin (2.13) |
| next_season | [1999–2000](1999-2000-phoenix-coyotes-season) |
Las Vegas Thunder Mississippi Sea Wolves The 1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes season was the Coyotes' third season in Phoenix, the franchise's 20th season in the NHL and 27th overall. The Coyotes qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, but they were upset in the Western Conference Quarterfinals by the St. Louis Blues, losing in seven games after being up three games to one. It was the third time in the decade that the Jets/Coyotes had blown a three games to one series lead. The first coming in 1990 and the other coming in 1992.
Regular season
Final standings
Playoffs
The series started in Phoenix. Game 1 was won by St. Louis by a score of 3–1. In Game 2, the Coyotes won 4–3 in overtime. In St. Louis, Phoenix won both Games 3 and 4 — Game 3 was won by a score of 5–4 and Game 4 was won by a score of 2–1. Game 5 shifted back to Phoenix, where St. Louis won 2–1 in overtime. Game 6 went back to St. Louis, where the Blues won 5–3. In Game 7, St. Louis won 1–0 in overtime in Phoenix, winning the series 4–3.
Schedule and results
Regular season
|- |1||October 11, 1998||1–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1998–99) ||0–1–0 || |- |2||October 15, 1998||5–2 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) ||1–1–0 || |- |3||October 19, 1998||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1998–99) ||2–1–0 || |- |4||October 22, 1998||1–2 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1998–99) ||2–2–0 || |- |5||October 25, 1998||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1998–99) ||2–2–1 || |- |6||October 26, 1998||5–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1998–99) ||3–2–1 || |- |7||October 28, 1998||4–2 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (1998–99) ||4–2–1 ||
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Playoffs
|- | 1 || April 22, 1999 || 1–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Blues lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 24, 1999 || 4–3 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 25, 1999 || 5–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Coyotes lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 27, 1999 || 2–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Coyotes lead 3–1 || |- | 5 || April 30, 1999 || 1–2 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Coyotes lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || May 2, 1999 || 3–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Series tied 3–3 || |- | 7 || May 4, 1999 || 0–1 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Blues win 4–3 ||
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.*
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- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.*
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | C | 78 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 7 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 7 | LW | 68 | 36 | 32 | 68 | 22 | 151 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 13 | |||
| 22 | RW | 81 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 5 | 147 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 8 | |||
| 17 | LW | 75 | 19 | 24 | 43 | −1 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 27 | D | 82 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 3 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −5 | 4 | |||
| 11 | RW | 53 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 17 | 65 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 20 | D | 60 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | |||
| 10 | D | 82 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 36 | C | 59 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 8 | C | 64 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −3 | 30 | |||||||||
| 19 | RW | 79 | 6 | 16 | 22 | −5 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 21 | C | 77 | 9 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 14 | C | 76 | 9 | 9 | 18 | −7 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 3 | D | 82 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 16 | C | 13 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |||
| 5 | D | 60 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −10 | 20 | |||||||||
| 16 | LW | 32 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 46 | |||||||||
| 15 | RW | 55 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 190 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 77 | C | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 33 | D | 35 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −8 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | |||
| 26 | C | 63 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 50 | RW | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 47 | RW | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 12 | C | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 23 | RW | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 4 | D | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | |||
| 55 | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
| 6 | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 27 | |||||||||
| 24 | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 29 | LW | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 6 | |||
| 49 | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 42 | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 48 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2 | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | |||||||||
| 46 | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 35 | G | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 31 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 18 | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 30 | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 39 | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 44 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goaltending
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.*
| No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 63 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 1681 | 130 | 2.13 | .923 | 8 | 3657 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 236 | 18 | 2.41 | .924 | 0 | 449 | ||
| 28 | Jimmy Waite | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 390 | 41 | 2.74 | .895 | 1 | 898 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 30 | Mikhail Shtalenkov | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 104 | 9 | 2.22 | .913 | 0 | 243 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 42 | Robert Esche | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 3.23 | .860 | 0 | 130 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 31 | Scott Langkow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 5.14 | .824 | 0 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref | League | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in-season) | Team | ||||
| [NHL All-Star Game](1999-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection | Nikolai Khabibulin | ||||
| Teppo Numminen | |||||
| Jeremy Roenick | |||||
| Jim Schoenfeld (coach) | |||||
| Keith Tkachuk | |||||
| NHL Player of the Week | Jimmy Waite (November 16) | ||||
| Hardest Working Player Award | Rick Tocchet | ||||
| Leading Scorer Award | Jeremy Roenick | ||||
| Man of the Year Award | Jeremy Roenick | ||||
| Team MVP Award | Nikolai Khabibulin | ||||
| Three-Star Award | Keith Tkachuk |
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | First game | 400th goal scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Helmer | October 11, 1998 | ||||
| Trevor Letowski | January 1, 1999 | ||||
| Robert Esche | February 20, 1999 | ||||
| Rick Tocchet | January 28, 1999 |
Transactions
Trades
| June 26, 1999 | To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimOleg Tverdovsky | To Phoenix CoyotesTravis Green |
|---|---|---|
| First-round pick in [1999](1999-nhl-entry-draft) (Scott Kelman) |
Waivers
| December 19, 1998 | To St. Louis BluesBryan Helmer |
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Free agents
| David Cullen | Undrafted free agent |
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| Igor Korolev | Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Draft picks
Phoenix's draft picks at the 1998 NHL entry draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | Patrick DesRochers | Sarnia Sting (OHL) | |
| 2 | 43 | Ossi Vaananen | Jokerit (Finland) | |
| 3 | 73 | Pat O'Leary | Robbinsdale High School (USHS-MN) | |
| 4 | 100 | Ryan Van Buskirk | Sarnia Sting (OHL) | |
| 5 | 115 | Jay Leach | Providence College (Hockey East) | |
| 5 | 116 | Josh Blackburn | Lincoln Stars (USHL) | |
| 5 | 129 | Robert Schnabel | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) | |
| 6 | 160 | Rickard Wallin | Farjestad BK Jr. (Sweden) | |
| 7 | 187 | Erik Westrum | University of Minnesota (WCHA) | |
| 8 | 214 | Justin Hansen | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
Notes
References
References
- "1998-99 Phoenix Coyotes Schedule".
- "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
- (November 16, 1998). "Coyotes' Waite is Player of the Week".
- Arizona Coyotes 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.290
- "1998-99 NHL Debuts".
- (January 28, 1999). "LeClair Lights Up Philadelphia - CBS News".
- "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".
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